Shruti Shekar

Shruti Shekar is a video producer and reporter for IT World Canada. She was formerly a political reporter at The Hill Times and was based in Ottawa. Her beats included political culture, lobbying, telecom and technology, and the diplomatic community. She was also was the editor of The Lobby Monitor, and a reporter at The Wire Report; two trade publications that are part of The Hill Times. She received a MA in journalism from Western University and a double BA honours in communication studies and human rights from Carleton University. She was born in India, grew up mostly in Singapore and currently resides in Canada.

Articles By Shruti Shekar

BlackBerry partners with L-Spark, launches new accelerator programs for SMEs

BlackBerry Limited has partnered with L-Spark, Canada’s largest software-as-a-service accelerator, to help small to medium-sized technology businesses grow to bring new products to the market by using BlackBerry’s QNX technology. A Sept. 20

Published on: September 20th, 2018 Shruti Shekar
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Hashtag Trending: Apple pays Ireland, Google in your car, Capcom Vancouver closes

 First up on LinkedIn: Looks like the European Union is dropping an antitrust lawsuit against Ireland after Apple decided to pay $15.4 billion dollars in taxes, and that includes interest. Back in

Published on: September 20th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer the ‘originator’ of Igloo’s Networked Enterprises talks application success

San Antonio, TX- Adopting Igloo Software’s intranet solution platform, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) saved hundreds of travel dollars, saved time, and was able to collaborate with people from across the country

Published on: September 19th, 2018 Shruti Shekar
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Hashtag Trending: New Mexico sues Google and Twitter, the ACLU files complaint over Facebook’s job ads, and IBM is sued for age discrimination

First up on Reddit: New Mexico is suing Google and Twitter for illegally collecting data from children under the age of 13 without parental consent. Mexico’s attorney general Hector Balderas says his country

Published on: September 19th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Ontario Medical Association talks the success of using Igloo Software in its digital transformation

San Antonio, TX - Two years ago, the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) said it was time to get with the times and evolve its internal communications platform to be more collaborative, effective, and

Published on: September 18th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Photo highlights of Igloo’s ICE ’18 conference

Published on: September 17th, 2018 Shruti Shekar
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Igloo navigating ‘sophisticated’ clients as it tries to go global

San Antonio, TX - Igloo Software wants to go global with its intranet software solution platform and cater to a growing audience that CEO Dan Latendre says is “more sophisticated” and wants more

Published on: September 17th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Microsoft Canada watches Igloo Software, continues partnership to leverage its intranet solutions go global

SAN ANTONIO, TX- Microsoft Canada’s Chief Technology Officer Stephen Tanaka said Waterloo-based intranet software solutions provider Igloo Software is a company to watch because of how fast it’s growing and that its services

Published on: September 13th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Igloo Software adds AI-powered search with Lucidworks partnership

SAN ANTONIO, TX - Kitchener-based intranet solution provider Igloo launches a partnership with California’s Lucidworks to “augment search capabilities with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing." A Sept. 12 press release

Published on: September 12th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Exploring Manulife’s Alexa Skill

Amazon's Alexa has been making waves, especially with all of the new skills that are now available. In our latest Speak Up! video we take a look at the Manulife Benefits skill and

Published on: September 6th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Women in the IT Channel Mentor of the Year winner Gail Mercer-MacKay

Gail Mercer-MacKay from Mercer-MacKay Digital Storytelling won the Mentor of the Year award at the Women in the IT Channel Recognition Luncheon that was hosted on Aug. 23. MacKay, the chief story teller

Published on: September 5th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Facebook partners with RentSeeker.com to connect to real estate market

Facebook is partnering with RentSeeker.ca to expand its Marketplace to include property listings. A Sept. 5 press release said the social media company is establishing the partnership to help Canadian landlords and property managers

Published on: September 5th, 2018 Shruti Shekar

Huawei marketing plan turns TIFF attendees into red carpet paparazzi

Huawei Canada’s decision to partner with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one way to teach the market how to use technology, according to the Chinese smartphone giant's Canadian director of marketing.

Published on: September 4th, 2018 Shruti Shekar
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Hashtag Trending – Apple to host a special event; Will Lyft take over Uber in its IPO?; Google and Mastercard partner to track offline purchases

Apple will be hosting a special event this month to unveil some new products, Lyft is preparing to surpass Uber in its IPO, and Google and Mastercard join forces to track offline purchases.

Published on: September 3rd, 2018 Shruti Shekar
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Hashtag Trending – Nude photo hacker sentenced; Apple buys AR startup; Google calls BS on Trump’s conspiracy theory

The hacker that stole celebrity nudes is sentenced to jail, Apple buys an augmented reality startup, and Google is calling BS on U.S. President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory on rigged search results. Trending

Published on: August 31st, 2018 Shruti Shekar